You're an interesting fellow 450SEL 6.9 - I think some of the members might find your taste in cars a little bit eccentric, but I don't. I think you have very interesting and unquestionably sophisticated taste - you know what is good and have a love for the rare and exclusive - many people have no real understanding of what true high-culture actually is - you most certainly do - I salute you for that.

Thanks Roberto. I think my tastes are eccentric, but like you said, I have a fondness for what is rare and unique. The older cars look unique and one of a kind. Even the Mercedes Benz W126 in the 1980s looked distinctive and unlike every other car on the road. I saw a Maserati Quattroporte on the road recently and could hardly pick up the car when it stopped beside a few Mazdas and BMWs at a traffic light. Of course, I was looking at it from the rear.

That particular concept seems to take it's design cues from the Daimler Majestic Major (the predescessor of the DS420)

This clearly reminds me of the Phantom.

I was playing golf the past two days so haven't been around. The new Daimler needs as much work as my golf swing and that's a lot. The old Majestic Major reminds me of a crossover between a BMW 502 and a Jaguar Mark 2. I still love the old Jaguar Mark 2, which probably means I've been watching too many re-runs of Inspector Morse.

I'm still anxiously awaiting the new armoured Phantoms that Rolls-Royce said they would be producing. They would be outrageously expensive when they arrive.

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I love the Phantom more and more you know - that second picture BB is photographed at the Villa D'Este on the edge of Lake Como in Italy - what a magnificent location for a magnificent car.

BTW 450SEL 6.9, have you seen this "chop" before.

Silly me, I always thought Lake Como was only accessible by boat or heli. The cars that are there probably stay there permanently. Of course for anyone who can afford to live there, buying a Phantom for each of your homes is a minor expenditure.

Yes, I have seen that Peugeot 607 Limousine a few years before. I just don't know if I should call it landaulet with that retractable sheet metal roof. It's a good, clean design, but I don't like limousines with an extended central section. I much prefer the extension be made at the rear section of the car. I've mentioned the old Peugeot 604 before and the 607 is the second replacement, but the new car is not penned by Mr. Pininfarina. There were several variants of the 604 limousine, but I don't think any were built by the Peugeot factory. Coachbuilders, mostly French, were assigned the job of creating limousines or landaulets. Having said that, if the 607 Limousine was produced, I would be first to consider acquiring one in HK. As luxurious as the 604 was, it was never exported officially to HK.